Court's Action Has No Impact On Avanti Customers and Current Products

Fremont, Calif.--Dec. 19, 1997--Avanti Corp. announced that today's actionby a federal district court would have no impact on Avanti's customersor current products. The court entered a preliminary injunction previouslyordered by a federal appeals court in a decision regarding the sale of Arccell.The order does not prevent Avanti customers from continuing to use Arccell ifthey so desire. Avanti discontinued and stopped selling its Arccell productseighteen months ago. The court action does not interfere in any way with thecontinued sale and support of Avanti's current and future place-and-route products.